Financialization as Welfare Social Impact Investing and British Social Policy, 1997-2016 /

• Main Author: Golka, Philipp (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Economic sociology.; Finance.; Social policy.; Welfare economics.; Great Britain-Politics and government.; Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology.; Finance, general.; Social Policy.; Social Choice/Welfare Economics/Public Choice/Political Economy.; British Politics.

Providing an in-depth case study on the emergence of social impact investing in the UK, this book develops a new perspective on financialization processes that highlights the roles of non-financial actors. In contrast to the common view that impact investing gears finance toward the solution of soci...